Governor Asa Hutchinson also delivered his State of the State address this week where he outlined his legislative priorities for the 91st General Assembly. Governor Hutchinson identified the following as specific priorities:

Efficiency in state government

$50 million tax cut

Reforming the tax code

Higher education funding

Improvements to foster child care

309 bills have been filed thus far — a significant increase over the 130 bills that were filed at this point during the 2015 session.

The House and Senate will reconvene Tuesday morning.

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